Considering a skoolie for mobile office / trade show RV

[wickedcoastal]

Have some opportunity to start attending some weekend shows. Was thinking a Skoolie would be good as it is larger than my Sprinter and I can carry much more weight for inventory. Any thoughts would be welcome.

[Brad_SwiftFur]

Some have wheelchair lifts which can serve as liftgates. Just be aware of possible (likely?) commercial usage, insurance, and licensing (if over 26K GVWR), assuming it's a business use (I can go into more detail if this is the case).

[sepudo]

If you have somewhere to park it at tradeshows and in between them there's not much downside to it. If not it may become a hassle for you. Happy building

[wickedcoastal]

We sell solar panels for RVs and I thought I could make it a nice show room to have panels controllers and everything set up. Trying to grow our business and website and want to visit more trade shows. I think I can pay for some spots at outdoor shows.

Have a call into the RV show to see if it will be a parking issue, thanks for the feedback.

[wickedcoastal]

Great idea, never thought about that. The solar panels are about 37 pounds each. I can't see having more than 10 or so at any time. Don't think people will leave with them, so I am hoping weight won't be an issue. Weight is an issue on towing though, my sprinter van only has a 5000lb towing capacity.

https://rollingwiththewhitneys.com/o...an-conversion/

Thought about a trailer, but may be more weight.

[wickedcoastal]

Would a short bus be over weight on the 26K GVWR?

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by wickedcoastal

We sell solar panels for RVs and I thought I could make it a nice show room to have panels controllers and everything set up. Trying to grow our business and website and want to visit more trade shows. I think I can pay for some spots at outdoor shows.

Have a call into the RV show to see if it will be a parking issue, thanks for the feedback.

RV parks are famous for excluding skoolies. It would be amusing (kind of) if RV shows did the same thing.

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by wickedcoastal

Would a short bus be over weight on the 26K GVWR?

You're probably not going to get anywhere near that. My bus is a 35' 65-passenger bus and it weighed 16,246 pounds after gutting.

[wickedcoastal]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

RV parks are famous for excluding skoolies. It would be amusing (kind of) if RV shows did the same thing.

I have heard there are parks like that, I think there was one in New Orleans that only allowed Class A's after a certain year.

[wickedcoastal]

Yeah I don't think we are going to be too heavy, Just a sofa, couple of bunks, fridge and some RV solar gear. My main issue is that my Sprinter has a max 5000lb towing capacity, so think towing may be out of question.